It is finally here, The Great South Run!!! For many of you this is what you have been training for over the last 6-9 months. I hope to remove as much stress and anxiety as possible so you may “enjoy” the experience as best possible.
Firstly, the logistics for the day –
09.15 Meet at the Silver Fern, travel in as few cars as possible to reduce parking issues
in Portsmouth (Sandy, I believe you have a safe place to park that will allow a
quick exit from Pompey??)
10.00 Arrive in Pompey
10.15 Meet at start point for warm up, hydrate, mobilise, etc
11.00 Start running (hopefully!)
13.15 All finished (hopefully again!!)
14.15 Return to Silver Fern for post race festivities!
Secondly, Please find attached the Menu for the Silver Fern on Sunday post race, it is preferable to pre order the meals however if you have additional people arrive that you hadn’t planned on they will be able to order on the day.
The landlady has kindly offered a roast dinner plus either the Apple Pie, Fudge Cake, Cheese Cake or Crumble for £8.95 – alternatively you are able to select off the full menu attached at normal prices.
They do a selection of children’s meals but these can be ordered on the day. Please aim to get your confirmation and orders over to me by Thursday AM.
Thirdly, You may not feel like enrolling on another race straight after the Great South, so I thought I would get in early and encourage you all to enroll on the following races today!
Stubbington 10k (15thJanuary 2012) -This is a very popular run, so enroll today to avoid disappointment. Most of you who have already attended a running club session will be able to complete a 10k by January in a good time so book yourself in now – http://www.sgrac.net/sgr10k/2012Race.php
The National Lottery Olympic Park Run. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to run a five-mile course through the Olympic Park starting at 14:00 on Saturday 31 March 2012 the route will pass iconic, world-class venues like the Velodrome and
Aquatics Centre and culminates in the first public access to the Olympic Stadium – the centrepiece of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. There is a lottery for those who enter as there are limited numbers, to enrol go to https://entry1.enteronline.org/Login.aspx?StreamID=5001&tkn=nl201101
Great North Run (September 16th2012) – I have previously organised a mini-bus weekend trip to Newcastle for the Great North Run. This is the most popular run in England with over 40,000 participants each year. I will need to know numbers of people interested asap so to arrange accommodation, transport etc. Click on the link – http://www.greatrun.org/reminderservice/?raceid=278 to register your interested then let me know via e-mail at mark@nltraining.co.uk.
Finally, I have an order of T-shirts and Vests arriving toinight. I hope to bring them with me to Box Circuits this evening, if you would like a top please let me know size, quantity etc and I will endeavour to deliver them to you tomorrow.
I have sent this out to those people I can remember that are doing the Great South Run. Please let me know if I have forgotten anyone. So far I have –
Angela
Becca
Sandy
Mark
Bruce
Alan
Sharon
Julie
Kirsty
Katrina
Alistair
Mike
Good luck team, please e-mail or text any questions you may have.
Many thanks
Mark
07771 985015
